[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":517},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fguides\u002Fhetzner-snapshots-minecraft-world-volumes\u002F":3,"guides:en":348,"published-guide-paths":490},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":309,"date":310,"description":311,"excerpt":312,"extension":313,"faq":314,"featured":324,"featuredOrder":312,"indexOrder":325,"localeGroup":326,"meta":327,"navigation":328,"path":329,"primaryTool":312,"published":328,"related":330,"seo":334,"slug":335,"sources":336,"stem":346,"updated":310,"__hash__":347},"guides\u002Fguides\u002F9.hetzner-snapshots-minecraft-world-volumes.md","Why Hetzner Snapshots Do Not Fully Protect Your Minecraft World","setupmc.com Team",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":292},"minimark",[10,15,32,35,38,42,45,61,69,72,76,79,90,96,99,103,106,114,117,121,128,136,139,147,151,154,174,177,181,248,252,257,260,264,267,271],[11,12,14],"h2",{"id":13},"the-short-version","The short version",[16,17,18,19,23,24,27,28,31],"p",{},"Hetzner Cloud Backups and Snapshots copy the ",[20,21,22],"strong",{},"server disk",".\nThey do ",[20,25,26],{},"not"," include ",[20,29,30],{},"attached Volumes",".",[16,33,34],{},"That single detail creates a dangerous false sense of safety for Minecraft operators who moved world data onto a Volume.",[16,36,37],{},"If your live world is on a Volume and you rely only on Cloud Backups or Snapshots, your restore plan is incomplete.",[11,39,41],{"id":40},"why-this-matters-for-minecraft","Why this matters for Minecraft",[16,43,44],{},"Minecraft world data changes constantly:",[46,47,48,52,55,58],"ul",{},[49,50,51],"li",{},"chunk saves",[49,53,54],{},"player data",[49,56,57],{},"plugin or mod state",[49,59,60],{},"region files",[16,62,63,64,68],{},"Many admins place ",[65,66,67],"code",{},".\u002Fdata"," or the world directory on a separate Volume for storage flexibility.\nThat is operationally reasonable, but it changes what Hetzner infrastructure features can actually recover.",[16,70,71],{},"If the world lives on an attached Volume, a server-level Snapshot will not capture it.",[11,73,75],{"id":74},"what-hetzner-documents","What Hetzner documents",[16,77,78],{},"Hetzner's documentation makes three important points:",[46,80,81,84,87],{},[49,82,83],{},"Backups and Snapshots are copies of a server's disk",[49,85,86],{},"Backups are created automatically once per day",[49,88,89],{},"each server gets seven backup slots",[16,91,92,93,31],{},"Most importantly, Hetzner states that ",[20,94,95],{},"Backups and Snapshots do not include attached Volumes",[16,97,98],{},"That is the line many Minecraft admins miss.",[11,100,102],{"id":101},"typical-failure-scenario","Typical failure scenario",[16,104,105],{},"A very common layout looks like this:",[46,107,108,111],{},[49,109,110],{},"OS and Docker on the main server disk",[49,112,113],{},"Minecraft world data on an attached Volume",[16,115,116],{},"After an outage or bad update, the admin restores a Snapshot and expects the world to come back.\nWhat actually comes back is only the server disk state.\nThe separate Volume state is not part of that restore point.",[11,118,120],{"id":119},"what-to-do-instead","What to do instead",[16,122,123,124,127],{},"Use Hetzner Backups or Snapshots as ",[20,125,126],{},"infrastructure recovery",", not as your only Minecraft backup strategy.",[16,129,130,131,31],{},"For the world itself, add an application-aware backup path such as ",[132,133,135],"a",{"href":134},"\u002Fguides\u002Fset-up-automatic-minecraft-backups-docker-mc-backup\u002F","docker-mc-backup",[16,137,138],{},"That combination gives you:",[46,140,141,144],{},[49,142,143],{},"server rebuild options from Hetzner",[49,145,146],{},"world-level restore points from inside the Minecraft stack",[11,148,150],{"id":149},"safer-architecture-for-setupmccom-style-deployments","Safer architecture for setupmc.com-style deployments",[16,152,153],{},"For a small production setup, the practical model is:",[155,156,157,160,167],"ol",{},[49,158,159],{},"use Hetzner Backups for the server disk",[49,161,162,163,166],{},"run ",[65,164,165],{},"itzg\u002Fmc-backup"," for the Minecraft data",[49,168,169,170],{},"test restores with a real ",[132,171,173],{"href":172},"\u002Fguides\u002Frestore-minecraft-world-backup-docker\u002F","restore runbook",[16,175,176],{},"If your world is on a Volume, this is not optional housekeeping. 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